[Foundation-l] My 10 wishes list for 2008

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 1/2/08, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at gmail.com> wrote:

<in response to Florence Devouards wishlisht>

> > 10. Organization. Clarification of board role and limits to executive
> > authority
> >
> > Last wish is actually clearly related to several points listed above,
> > but I chose to mention it as a goal again, to insist on its importance.
>
> This is important, and a source of so much confusion over the years.
> How EXACTLY do the projects and the board interact with one another?
> En.Wikibooks has had problems in communicating with the board in the
> past, and as a result a number of important initiatives (such as
> publishing our books, etc) have been stalled indefinitely. When we
> have a question or a request, it doesnt seem like there is any good
> place to turn. Maybe the board needs it's equivalent of a "bugzilla"
> where we can post questions/comments/requests to the board to be dealt
> with in an organized manner. We could call it "boardzilla" :).

Is this still the case?

Doesn't the following announcement mean that there is very much *going*
to be a big project to publish books (link below)?

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikis_Go_Printable

I confess I am still waiting for clarification on how precisely the
partnership with PediaPress will be structured; but I am not in a
hurry, never will be.

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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]